title: [Current state and development of artificial lungs].
abstract: The artificial lung is a technical device for providing life support; it will be put in use when the natural lungs are failing and are not able to maintain sufficient oxygenation of the body's organ systems. From the viewpoint of long-term development, the artificial lung should be permanently implanted in the body, so that it will substitute for the human pulmonary function partially or completely. In this paper, four artificial lung technologies were expounded with reference to the development and research process of artificial lung. They were extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, intravascular artificial lung, implantable artificial lung, and pumpless extracorporeal lung assist. In this paper were described the structure of the four kinds of artificial lung, the working principle, and their advantages, disadvantages and indications. The prospect of artificial lung was evaluated in the light of the data from the existing animal experiments and from the clinical experience of the centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tuberculosis, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin 300350, China.
authors.forename: Zaoxian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001187:Artificial Organs / Q000639:trends*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D010107:Oxygenators, Membrane / Q000639:trends*